Kiyoshi Nishiyama

was a versatile Japanese amateur photographer who specialized in landscapes.

Born in Tokyo in 1893 as Kiyonosuke Nishiyama , Nishiyama became interested in photography at 15. He intended to become a professional photographer and learned retouching in a photographic studio at Ryōgoku, but never turned professional, instead in 1921 setting up a photographic supplies shop, Heiwadō , in Nihonbashi, and at about the same time starting up and leading a photographic club, the Pleasant Club (, Purezanto Kurabu), and submitting his photographs to photographic magazines.

In 1922 Nishiyama won the first prize for his submission, taken with a Vest Pocket Kodak, to a competition at the Heiwa Kinen Tōkyō Hakurankai . and in 1977 he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 5th class, for his services to photography. He died on 5 March 1983. and Nihon University (which preserves what little remains of Nishiyama's prewar work).

Solo exhibitions by Nishiyama Shiseido Gallery (Ginza, Tokyo), 1920s "Nikkō" , Matsuzakaya (Ueno, Tokyo), 1929. Photographs of Nikkō. "Bunraku" , Nihon Salon (Ginza, Tokyo), 1935. Photographs of bunraku. "Nihon no fūbutsu: Kita kara minami" , Matsuya (Ginza, Tokyo), 1958. Photographs of Japanese scenery. "Okinawa no fūbutsu" , Marunouchi Gekkō Gallery (Marunouchi, Tokyo), 1960. Photographs of Okinawan scenery. "Nihon no tō" , Marunouchi Gekkō Gallery (Marunouchi, Tokyo), 1964. Photographs of Japanese pagodas. "Koyomi" , Marunouchi Gekkō Gallery (Marunouchi, Tokyo), 1973. Photographs of the calendar.

Books by Nishiyama Arusu geijutsu shashin gashū dai-2-hen ( Ars art photograph collection, 2nd ed). Tokyo: Ars, 1926. Hikinobashi no jissai (, The facts of enlarging). Asahi Camera Sōsho 11. Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1936. Kotō o tazunete (, Visiting old pagodas). Tokyo: Jinbutsu-ōraisha, 1964. Nihon no kotō (, The pagodas of Japan). Tokyo: Kenkōsha, 1972. Shunkō shūshoku / Seasonal Aspects of Japan. Sonorama Shashin Sensho 21. Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1979.